Journal Entry: Day 5

As the second full day of pitchers and catchers comes to a close...

Today I met with Mr. Lombardi from MSGVarsity after school in the Mac Lab. While in the lab, we talked about the upcoming school sports season and what we would be doing to prepare for the season. I printed out a schedule of the baseball team's games, as well as conversed with Mr. Lombardi about some possible ideas that we could do for the upcoming season. We've got some great ideas, and we're looking forward to putting them into action.

Would you trade this man...

Also, I read an article today which really got me thinking. The article, (which you can read here) written by Fox Sports columnist Ken Rosenthal, had to do with the Albert Pujols saga. Pujols, as most of us know, is the best player in baseball on the planet, heck maybe even the universe. However, he's set to be a free agent after this season and is said to be seeking a contract that could be as much as 10-years, $300 million. The St. Louis Cardinals, who are reluctant to hand their star player such a contract, have been deep in discussions with the three-time MVP, but have failed to get a deal done. Pujols, who stated his contract discussion deadline would be tomorrow, has said he may test the free agent waters if a deal can't get done, leaving Cardinals fans in a frenzy.

However, Rosenthal brought along an idea, one that, at first, I thought was crazy and would never happen: The Cardinals trade Pujols to the New York Yankees for Mark Teixiera. After reading the article, it wasn't as crazy an idea as I thought.

From the article:

...for this man?

"Pujols for Teixeira is a way out for the Cardinals, who are running out of time in their quest to meet Pujols’ deadline for a new contract by the start of spring training.

Teixeira for Pujols also is a way out for the Yankees, who lost the offseason to the Red Sox and need a major splash to divert attention from their scary-thin rotation.

Heck, the deal even would be a way out for Pujols, who not only would get his money, but also would leave St. Louis with his reputation intact. His parting gift to the Cardinals would be Teixeira, a first baseman who is nearly at his level."

Tex makes less money than Albert, and is almost the same player. Meanwhile, the Yankees, would could no doubt afford Pujols, would counter all the moves the rival Red Sox made over the offseason (Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford) and acquire the game's best player. While no-trade clauses would no doubt interfere, as well as some other issues, I began to think that this could be possible. At first, I thought "hell no, the Cards won't trade Pujols and the Yanks wouldn't trade Tex," but as I kept reading and thinking over the idea in my head, I realized this could be more realistic than I imagined.

So bloggers, here's the question of the day: Would you trade Mark Teixeira for Albert Pujols?

Talk about it in the comments below, I'd really like to see what everyone thinks. Heck, maybe I'll do a post on your thoughts. Until next time!